Showing papers by "World Bank published in 1976"
TL;DR: The cross section results failed to support the view that a faster rate of growth is systematically associated with higher inequality than can be expected given the state of development realized, and there was strong support for the proposition that relative inequaltiy increases substantially in the early stages of development.
703 citations
TL;DR: The authors discusses the distribution of wealth derived from the Australian Survey of Consumer Finances and Expenditures, 1966-68, carried out jointly by Macquarie University and the University of Queensland.
Abstract: This paper discusses the distribution of wealth derived from the Australian Survey of Consumer Finances and Expenditures, 1966-68, carried out jointly by Macquarie University and the University of Queensland. It analyzes the composition of net worth, assets, and liabilities by socio-demographic characteristics and over time.
62 citations
TL;DR: This paper describes a strategy for the measurement of the key empirical constructs on which analysis of an optimal staff for an ambulatory medical care practice must rest and illustrates the use of the model for selecting the optimal staff.
Abstract: This paper presents the application of a mixed integer linear programming model to the choice of an optimal staff for an ambulatory medical care practice. Instead of adding further institutional and financial constraints to earlier models, this paper describes a strategy for the measurement of the key empirical constructs on which such analysis must rest. The analysis illustrates the use of the model for selecting the optimal staff and shows the relationships of this staff to the types of problems presented to the practice and the scale of activity. The effect of scale and patient mix on average cost per encounter are examined and the dual solution is used to determine the relative costs of producing encounters in the various groups. Finally, the allocation of responsibilities for different types of patient problems among the various members of the medical team is presented as part of the optimal solution.
27 citations
TL;DR: The SIMLINK model as mentioned in this paper uses a block recursive model to estimate the price and volume of a series of commodities important in LDC exports and then combines with a predetermined estimate of capital inflows to calculate import capacity.
17 citations
TL;DR: A deliberate shift in the Bank's policy over the past six years has resulted in widening and deepening of lending for agriculture and, in particular, for rural development programs, defined as programs with an antipoverty focus, targeted toward benefitting small farmers.
Abstract: A deliberate shift in the Bank's policy over the past six years has resulted in a widening and deepening of lending for agriculture and, in particular, for rural development programs, defined as programs with an antipoverty focus, targeted toward benefitting small farmers. Before there can be successful rural development, there needs to be a suitably encouraging environment, which requires that both political and economic conditions be favorable. The Bank's experience indicates a need to examine critically the notion that a multi-sectoral project generates gains to the rural community above those which would arise from an integrated approach of single sector projects. In addition, there is a need for the development of suitable yield-increasing technology for agriculture in many parts of the world and few opportunities for lowering the costs of delivery systems when these costs are built upon systems intended to help large producers. Rural development is a slow process. Additional research is needed to examine the conceptual framework and the operational experience of rural development projects and for designing monitoring and evaluation systems for such programs.
17 citations
TL;DR: In this article, a mathematical programming structure is employed to analyze share tenancy relationships in a typical sharecropped plot in Northeast Brazil, and simulations are obtained when the landowner and sharecropper respectively are the decision-makers, and for policies involving abolition of share contracts, land reform, and variations in share of the cash crop accruing to the land owner.
11 citations
TL;DR: Fewer than half a dozen low-income countries are pursuing serious national nutrition programs, and the future of some of these is in question.
Abstract: International concern with problems of malnutrition manifests itself in a variety of ways. More persons are discussing it; more conferences are held; more studies and surveys are undertaken. Yet program development and resource allocation remain inadequate. Fewer than half a dozen low-income countries are pursuing serious national nutrition programs, and the future of some of these is in question.
4 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, a comparative study of market structure performance relations in U.K. and U.S. manufacturing indus- tries is presented, which supports the hypothesis of homogeneity of the links between market structure and the price-cost margin dimension of performance in manufacturing industries of the two countries.
Abstract: This paper reports a comparative study of market structure- performance relations in U. K. and U.S. manufacturing indus- tries. The multivariate regression results support the hypothesis of homogeneity of the links between market structure and the price-cost margin dimension of performance in manufacturing industries of the two countries. Furthermore, the results indicate that the differences in the legal and cultural environments of U.K. and U.S. industries do not significantly affect the pattern of similarity in the links.
3 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the emerging social function of a development bank in a dynamic social setting is discussed and the task of top management to find out the specific implications of this function in the light of changing socioeconomic reality is addressed.
1 citations